The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-07-28
South River Items.
Reported for the VIRGINIAH.


Sunday of last week noticed under an ap
pie tree not great way from the read
about two miles north Of Wayneshoro, {
coiored man whose motions led them x
believe that he was making sport Of them
as he lay upon his b ack kicking his feet
and throwing up his hands. This lie con
tinued to do as long as the parties were
in sight. On their return from church q
couple of hours later, the man was still ""
ing under the tree, when one oil the gen
tlemen Of the party concluded to dismount
and go to where he was and learn why he
was there and the cause OF his singular
behavior as they passed along the road
The surprise of the gentleman was beyond
expression when, upon reaching the spot
he found the man dead. The proper au-
thorities were notified and a post mortem
examination made of the corpse, and a
verdict rendered to the effect that the de-
ceased came to his death from a too Tree
use of whisky or some other intoxicanU.
The wife of Alex. Davis. colored- Of
Waynesboro. died early last week. She
was known far and near as "Queen, and
was highly respected by both white and
colored. Queen was an intelligent woman
and took great pride in making her home
pleasant and attractive. She was quite
hospitablesand her door WAS always open
to those of her race who like herself etroye
to make themselves respectable and re-
spected. She had pleasant word for all
of her many white friends, many OF whom
took pleasure in chatting an hour with her
in her home. She leaves husband and
several children, most of whom are grown.
These have the sympathy Of all who know
them.
A short time ago our young friend, VIII
| lie Padgett, led to the hymenial altar Miss
Letcher Grey, of West Virginia, Miss
Grey was on visit to relatives near She
rando, when the eye of our friend fell up
on her and his heart filled brimfull Of aG-
miration for this beauty of the Mountain
State. Willie is not naturally impulsive,
but knowing that the Sherando boys were
always on the lookout to capture all the
pretty girls that came that way, he re-
solved that he would waste no time in
courtship and take all the risks that would
| likely follow such course, so he sensibly
made short work Of counting and after all
acquaintance Of few weeks married Our
| young friend has a long list of friends
whose congratulations On this happy event
Of his life will, when his marriage becomes
70 ha oxrton tc nd
his beautiful and accomplished bride. We
wish friend Willie and his little bride all
the good that can be bestowed by kind
| Providence, hoping that at the end Of long
and happy lives they may be able to look
| back without moment of regret to the
hour when they became one.
DR.. Vogel, of Roanoke city, whose wife
is visiting her old home in Sherando, paid
that village visit last week. The doctor
is looking well and from all appearances
is being we'll used by the good people of
his adopted home.
The light-fngered profession are still
practising around our district and it is
quite common to hear Of the robbery Of
hen houses, spring houses and pig stys.
In the neighborhood several domestic
cats that have gone wild are prowling in
all directions and playing havoc with
broods of young chicks. Several ladies
report the loss of a hundred or more young
chickens, ranging in size from broiler
down to one day old. Nor do these pes
tiferous rascals stop at deyouring chicks;
! they destroy all the eggs they can reach,
often eating those which are on the eve
of Matching.
| We have Just learned of the serious ILL.,
ness of Mrs. Slower, widow Of the late
Jacob Slower. 1t seems that on Sunday.
during the funeral services of young
| Hanger, Mrs. Slower was attacked with a
giddiness and had to be removed from the
church. She suffered no pain but on te!ng
taken to her home, which is but q few
steps from Thinking Springs Church. size
was forced to take her bed and has grown
rapidly worse ever since, On Wednesday
her medical attendant thought that her
trouble was spinal meningitis. Yester-
day the report wos current that Mrs. Sto-
yer was hopelessy paralyzed
Mr.. Geo. Speck and wife have returned
from a weeks absence in Rockingham,
where they were visiting Mrs Speck's r5l-
atiyes.
Rev. John Speck, of Georgia, passed
through Fishersville on Monday On his
return home,
A letter to your correspondent from
Emory Grove, i'll Mary land, gives an &C
count of violent storm that passed over
that section Sunday a week ago The
camp meeting is in progress at the Grove
and great damage was done on the ground,
the greatest of which was the crsh ing TO
death of young Baltimore lady by q fall
ing tree.
There are great many visitors this sea-
son to Humpback Rock, Oh the Blue
Ridge This is one of the most attractive
points among the many along the line Of
the S. V. r. r., and in a few years thous-
ands of visitors will be found there from
all points of the compass. From this
rock which rises abruptly to height Of
six hundred feet above the base whic
rests on the end Of a spur Of the noun
tain, a view of the great Shenandoah Val
ley as far as the eye can REACH, is to be
had. Toward the north the eye rests upon
all that portion of the Valley stretching
away to the Potomac; toward the south,
Rockbridge, Botetourt, Roanoke and the
Southwestern counties are to be seen in
all their loveliness; toward the east, the
mountains. valleys. rivers, towns, cities,
villages ard homesteads of East Virginia
are spread out, from the base of the noun
tains far away to the ocean, like vast re-
lief map; while to the west, after the eye
has taken in the beauties of the Valley as
far as the base of the Shenandoah range,
it rests upon picture in WHICH mountain
seems piled upon mountain until the lin,
it of vision is reached, ard the towering
peaks of the Alleghanies meet the sky
and shut out observation beyond. When
the hotel which is contemplated is erected
at the level near Humpback, there will be
crowd through each season.